Four Music Decades, This Is An Important Lesson That The Ex-Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson Gets

JAKARTA - bass player David Ellefson has been a professional musician for more than four decades. He joined Megadeth before he was even 20 years old, and he has reached the peak of his career with the band for two decades.

As a person who has eaten sour-garam in the music industry, Ellefson said the main lesson he learned while being a musician was how to love his own job.

In my opinion, the first thing is to try to be happy in what you do. It is a gift, and we all have different gifts. Even in a band, there is a different gift. bass players, don't try to be drummers. Stay on your path. That's one thing," Ellefson said in a recent interview with The UACast on UpAndComingTV.

The feeling of joy to be a bass player makes him want to always be close to the best people, which is referred to as a factor that makes him better too.

So, for me, I like to work with the best people. And I don't really care about name factors, but the best people there are. And some people, just because they haven't had the luck to become big players, it doesn't mean they don't have perfect qualifications. And we are all trained and we learn while going through the process. So, look, nothing can replace the experience," he said.

The musical experience also made Ellefson want to be a grateful person. He felt his job was a great job to be grateful for.

"But you know what? It's all just a gift. And we haven't been here long. I'm almost 60 years old now, and it feels like I'm 30 years old a few weeks ago. I mean, in my heart it's still like that; I'm still the same person. But the reality is, I was in the museum a few days ago and there were statistics about people. And one of the last statistics is 100 percent of everyone's dead. 100 percent!

Lebih lanjut, Ellefson mengatakan bahwa penting baginya untuk mengejar proyek yang benar-benar ia nikmati daripada melibatkan dirinya dalam hal yang hanya mencari uang.

"And every time I do it just for money, there's never enough money. It's always not fun and there's always something behind it that I don't like. So I prefer just to do it," he said.